Dead
July 6, 2023To a Mistress Dying
July 6, 2023Weep No More For What Is Past
WEEP no more for what is past,
For time in motion makes such haste
He hath no leisure to descry
Those errors which he passeth by.
If we consider accident,
And how repugnant unto sense
It pays desert with bad event,
We shall disparage Providence.
William Davenant
William Davenant (1606-1668) was an English poet, playwright, and theater manager who was best known for his plays, which were written in the style of William Shakespeare. He was also known for his epic poem "Gondibert," which was one of the first English poems to use the heroic couplet. Davenant was a prominent figure in the English literary scene of the mid-17th century.